[kictanet] Is CCK right to require firms to host websites locally?
Kivuva
Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
Tue Dec 3 23:02:18 EAT 2013
On 03/12/2013, Mark Elkins <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:
> As an outsider looking in....
>
> Adopting '.ke' should be the "Right Thing" to do. I'm sure DNSSEC
> adoption is well on the way.
>
> Of course - whether one chooses a "com" or a "ke" for a domain has no
> bearing on where it is hosted.... but remember that shillings spent on
> "ke" domains stay more or less in the country where as shillings spend
> on "com" leave the continent.
+1 Mark. I hope we are listening.
>
>
> Hosting within the country allows for local law to prevail over local
> content. This should be a good thing too. I'd have thought that as Kenya
> has a pretty well developed Internet Exchange Point - that if Content
> and eyeballs are both local - then the traffic will usually stay locally
> too - and be fast as well. That should only be good for the Internet
> industry.
>
> As long as people are sensible within a hosting environment, service
> should be every bit as good as from hosting overseas... I see no reason
> why local content delivery should not be protected by SSL (ie - run
> HTTPS Websites)... or why e-commerce should not be safe to run locally.
> What am I missing?
>
> As in South Africa, where I rent my own data centre space and have been
> hosting local (to South Africa) content for quite a while... I do see
> that local may cost more than say in the USA. This is largely due to
> economies of scales.. bit of a Chicken and Egg problem.
> There should be some fundamental advantages to Hosting locally though...
>
> Much faster downloads for the Customer.
> Advantages of speaking the same language
> Being close by
> No TimeZone differences
> Cost of local support calls and costs..
> The ability to go to the Data-Centre and see people face to face.
>
> .. and again, money paid stays local.
++1, we can only build capacity and scale by supporting our own data
centers. The quick wins of foreign hosting are sweet, but in the long
run, we are killing our tech industry! And there are many big
businesses in Kenya that can afford the premium prices charged
locally, that is why kili.io have seen the need.
>
> On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 19:01 +0300, John Kieti wrote:
>> Thanks Ali, Wambua, All
>>
>>
>> If the position of CCK is as clarified above, then the Director
>> General must have been misquoted in the Business Daily article. I
>> would say this is a more comfortable regulatory position.
>>
>>
>> best regards
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke>
>> wrote:
>> Ali,
>>
>>
>>
>> I wish to set the record straight on this matter. What the DG
>> said during the COMESA cyber-security meeting was as follows:
>>
>>
>>
>> · That the CCK will soon delink itself from the
>> governance of KENIC in line with the requirement of the law.
>> CCK is finalizing on the licensing framework for the ccTLD
>> business segment. As we have indicated on this list before,
>> the framework shall be subjected to stakeholder consultations
>> as soon as it is ready.
>>
>> · He also encouraged local firms and individuals to
>> adopt the dot ke domain names to ensure that we keep local
>> traffic local.
>>
>>
>>
>> We do not know where the reporter got the story of developing
>> regulations to compel firms and individuals to host their
>> websites locally from.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christopher Wambua
>>
>> Manager – Communications
>>
>> Consumer and Public Affairs Department
>>
>> Communications Commission of Kenya
>>
>> P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800
>>
>> Tel: +254 20 4242209
>>
>> info at cck.go.ke
>>
>> www.cck.go.ke
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>>
>> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces
>> +wambua=cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Ali
>> Hussein
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:51 PM
>> To: Wambua, Christopher
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> Subject: [kictanet] Is CCK right to require firms to host
>> websites locally?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> This story is refusing to die...I'm sure aggravated by CCKs
>> silence on this..
>>
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>>
>>
>> Wambua, can you at please tell us the DG was misquoted?
>>
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>>
>> Walu puts it nicely here..
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>> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/-require-firms-to-host-websites-locally/-/1959700/2096178/-/urclu2z/-/index.html
>>
>> Ali Hussein
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>> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
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>>
>>
>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The
>> world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
>>
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